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Former U.S. army member and Psychology Club representative Levi Rosenthal was elected as the new De Anza College Inter-Club Council Chair of Programs on Feb 21. “I wanted to make sure to keep this position in the ICC,” said Rosenthal. “I felt it was my responsibility, since I had the time.”
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Steven Cabana/LA VOZ (2) (TOP) Protestors shout and push their way towards Vietnamese National Assembly Abassador Ton-nu-Thi Ninh as she walks towards a waiting car on Feb. 21 at De Anza College. Ninh toured the nursing program and fielded questions in an Asian-American studies class before departing to speak with various college administrators and community leaders. (LEFT) Ambassador Ninh responds to questions from students during a visit to De Anza College on Feb. 21.
DESPITE PROTESTS, VIETNAMESE AMBASSADOR SITS IN ON NURSING AND ASIAN STUDIES CLASSES Steven Cabana LA VOZ
While protestors held banners and flags outside, Vietnamese National Assembly Ambassador TonNu-Thi Ninh faced harsh questions inside a small classroom at De Anza College on Feb. 21. While on the campus Ninh toured the nursing deparment and sat in on a asian studies class where she gave a brief speech and fielded questions from students. With all the seats filled and administrators and
students alike standing around the edges, Ninh explained the effect of global expansion of fast food franchises on culture and society of Vietnam. Ninh, conceeded that the fight to maintain cultural identy while accomidating buisness provided struggles for many countries, she then went on to stress the importance of building local commerce and keeping an eye on the culture of Vietnam. The Ambassador is nearing the end of her term and has ambitions to start a college and was at De Anza to gain insigth on higher education in America according to John Swensson, Dean of Language Arts. Prior to her current postion, Ninh served in Vietnam’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs as a diplomat, and according to her offical bio was responsible for numerous international and humanitarian efforts including the 1997 summit of French-Speaking Countries. Request for comment by Ninh’s press department nor asian studies insructor Micheal Chang were not immediately returned.
Diamond shines with somber view of extinct civilizations Steven Cabana LA VOZ
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ICC programs chair filled by extended vote Asif Ahmed and Tim Nguyen
Fazan Hussain After the Feb. 21 meeting that lasted just under seven hours, the De Anza College Associated Student Body Senate are one step closer to finishing its official 2007-2008 budget. Stipulations discussions and final Senate approval will take place on Feb. 28. After representatives from 27 campus programs and services came to discuss their reasoning for higher budget requests. The student senate voted to revise and increase prior reccomendations of seven of the 27. Next week’s meeting will decide the official count of which programs will get full funding and which will face cuts or no funding. The Red Wheelbarrow, a literary magazine will not be receiving funds for their National edition, but will still receive funds for to support the on-campus edition. The Red Wheelbarrow is a literary magazine, and since it’s inception in 1976 has published a collection student works. The honors program got a reprieve as the senate revised its recommendation to cut all funding. The senate voted to allocate $10,500 from its budget. The program’s future at De Anza has grown bigger since it first started three years ago and has had its classes grow from only seven to 100 as of 2007. The program is also working on an agreement with the University of California, Los Angeles on a guaranteed transfer agreement which would become effective in a few years. The DASB allocation is the main source of income for the program. The senate will finalize their budget at their next meeting Wednesday at 3:30 p.m. in the student council chambers.
FEBRUARY 26, 2007
Taking examples from his research on the extinction of past civilizations, award-winning author Jared Diamond painted a somber picture for the audience on the first of three nights of Celebrity Forum series on Feb. 22. Diamond, a professor of geology from the University of Cali-
fornia, Los Angeles, was the sixth of seven speakers invited to the Flint Center of Performing Arts for the monthly series. Citing his most recent book “Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed,” Diamond explained how the deforestation of Easter Island lead to the extinction of Polynesian tribes that settled there. Diamond also only touched on
cultures including the Anasazi Indians and Norwegian Vikings. Whimsically reciting responses from his students to the question “What was said as the last tree was cut down,” Diamond paralleled current responses to environmental issues. “Iʼm sure there is another tree over that hill,” he said. “Itʼs my tree. I should be free to do what I want with it.”
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“I’ll be cheerful and happy to be there and make sure everything is going smooth and everyone is having fun. - Levi Rosenthal Rosenthal plans to concentrate on concession bids, flea market events, account balance communication, additional funding and travel allotments. He became the ICC representative for the Psychology Club under similar pretenses. “I’m a psych major and plan to go pre-med after De Anza,” Rosenthal said. “I decided to stay an extra year and draw out my course work so I can do this [ICC] position and grow as a person to help me get into med school.” When asked how he would handle the pressure of ICC events, Rosenthal said, “I’ll be cheerful and happy to be there and make sure everything is going smooth and everyone is having fun.”
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